travel bags

‘Next time book KLM nonstop Amsterdam to SFO’ is Kelley’s request. Our trip shutdown clock was two days more than planned after completing 13 wonderful days of travel from San Jose to London to Windsor to Amsterdam, then back to London for our British Airways flight to Fort Lauderdale and onward flights home to California.…

Winter in Europe was appealing travel for me when I flew San Francisco to Copenhagen, then visited Malmo, Sweden; Prague, Czech Republic; Wroclaw and Krakow, Poland; Stockholm, Sweden in January 2017. Sure, the weather can be bitterly cold, but some days can also be brilliantly clear skies for wonderful photo opportunities. The crowds might be…

A friend is putting off his solo trip to Europe because he says it will be too expensive to go to Prague for 9 days next month. He is flying to Hawaii instead. I say, WTF? Dollar for dollar, there is no way he is going to Hawaii for a week on a budget for…

My current 12-day trip from Oakland, California to Barcelona, Warsaw, Gdansk, Krakow, Stockholm and London was an itinerary created with the purchase of five separate one-way airline tickets on Level, Vueling, Ryanair, LOT Polish, Norwegian. The problem with flying low cost carriers like Level, Vueling, Ryanair and Norwegian are the fees for a checked bag…

This past week I had a wonderful time in Europe on a very cheap, quickly planned trip to Europe when I saw opportunistic travel deals for January. My $800 trip last week, assuming same flights and hotels, would cost more than $1,000 this week, simply due to two airline and hotel rules changes. Two of…

Not all American Airlines 777 aircraft flying transatlantic are the same configuration. According to SeatGuru.com, there are three versions of the Boeing 777 used by American Airlines with 777-200 version 1, 777-200 version 2 and 777-300ER. You know when the aircraft is the 777-300ER due to the designation 77W on the American Airlines booking page.…

Some people need $400+ suitcases to travel. I had a $204 Tumi suitcase I purchased from a Ross Store in Monterey ten years ago. The handle broke last May and I dumped that suitcase after our summer trip to Copenhagen and London. My Tumi bag is the yellow one on the right. That bag actually…